Evaluation the effect of acupressure on occupational stress and self-efficacy in nurses working in the emergency department

Determining the effect of acupressure on job stress and self-efficacy of nurses

Randomized clinical trial, with sham and intervention groups, with parallel, randomized groups, on 60 nurses. The permutation block method will be used for randomization.

The location of the project is the emergency department of large hospitals, Heshmatieh and Emdad. Nurses are divided into two groups of sham and intervention using random allocation. First, the demographic information form will be completed by the nurses and also before the intervention and two weeks after the intervention, the Toft-Anderson and Sherer questionnaires will be completed.

Inclusion criteria: 1.Nurses working in emergency departments who wish to participate in research 2. Age 55-25 years 3. Nurses who have more than 6 months of work experience. 4. Conscious consent to participate in the research 5. Lack of familiarity with acupressure or history of its use. Exclusion criteria: 1. Addiction to drugs and psychotropic drugs, 2. People who have taken the prescribed drug in the last three months, 3. People with a history of mental disorders such as depression and anxiety, 4. People with skin lesions at the site Acupressure, 5. Pregnancy and lactation.

intervention group: 2 points P6 and H7, which are used to reduce anxiety and stress and affect self-efficacy, are identified in the hand area. The applied pressure is equal to 3-4 kg and using the thumb of both hands, will be applied separately by the researcher on each point for 4 minutes (3 days a week for 2 weeks). When the pressure is applied correctly, participants will feel heaviness, numbness and heat in the area. sham group (pseudo acupoint): the pressure is applied 2 cm away from the main points with the same method and time

occupational stress, self-efficacy

Samples will be selected by easy sampling method and then randomly divided into intervention and sham groups. In this study, individuals are divided into two groups using permutation blocks. In this method, the letter A represents a person in the intervention group and B represents a person in the sham group. Considering the quadruple block, we give AABB code 0, ABAB code 1, ABBA code 2, BAAB code 3, BBAA code 4 and BABA code 5. Then, using a table of random numbers, we randomly select the starting point, followed by 15 numbers in a row or column. Considering the order of the numbers in the table, we place the permutation for each number we encounter. For example, if the first three numbers in the random table are 2, 0 and 1, respectively, the order of receiving treatment by the first 12 people in the two groups, respectively. From left to right will be ABBAAABBABAB. Therefore, finally, by selecting fifteen numbers from the table, the method of allocating a total of 60 people to the two groups will be determined.

The study is single blind and only the participant is not aware of this case which is in the intervention group or sham.

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